Clippers blank Bats 2-0

David Huff and Frank Herrmann combined to pitch the Clippers past the Louisville Bats 2-0
tonight in Huntington Park.

Huff worked 7 2/3 innings of the shutout, turning the game over to Herrmann in the top of the
eighth with two outs and runners on second and third. Herrmann shattered the bat of Devin Mesoraco,
who popped to second baseman Cord Phelps to end the threat.

A pitching duel between Huff (7-6) and Chad Reineke of Louisville went through four scoreless
innings before Columbus broke through in the bottom of the fifth.

Tim Fedroff led off with a double off the wall in right and went to third on a Gregorio Petit
groundout. Cord Phelps broke up the shutout with an RBI single.

Vinny Rottino stepped in and chopped a ball in front of the plate. Catcher Devin Mesoraco
pounded on it, but had to go to first to get Rottino. Jared Goedert drove in Phelps with a single
to right to make the score 2-0.

The Pawtucket Red Sox swept a double-header today at Gwinnett 1-0 and 3-2 to eliminate the
Clippers from the International League wild-card race to one..

Notes: The Cleveland Indians have shut down Clippers first baseman Lars Anderson
(concussion) for the season. Toledo's Andrew Oliver hit Anderson in the batting helmet with a
95-mph fastball on Aug. 22. "He is still having side-effects," Columbus manager Mike Sarbaugh
said. Anderson remains with the team as of today. ... Pitcher Scott Maine joined the
Clippers today. The Indians claimed him off waivers from the Chicago Cubs yesterday.